New Aston Martin Rapide unveiled in Saudi

27 January 2010

Haji Husein Alireza, Saudi Arabia's Aston Martin dealer, has unveiled the British luxury carmaker's Rapide in its Jeddah showroom. The new Rapide is powered by a 470bhp 6.0-litre V12 engine from the DB9, the Rapide uses a Touchtronic 2 gearbox (with paddle-shift manual override) mounted at the rear to drive the rear wheels. The combination propels the Rapide to 100kph in five seconds.

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